research team; investigative team; survey team; reconnaissance team; investigative commission; fact-finding party
inquiry commission; enquiry commission; research group
results (of a study or investigation)
report (of an investigation); investigation (investigative) report
examiner; investigator; inquisitor; agent
research division; inquiry section
(personal) background check
fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey
reexamination; reinvestigation; resurvey
research office; research division; inquiry section
written investigation; report of an investigation; school record (on a student); transcript (of grades)
research vessel; research ship
follow-up survey; tracing survey; contact tracing (of an infectious disease)
public opinion poll; straw poll
public opinion poll; straw poll
probity check; background investigation
field survey; field work (research); on-the-spot investigation
excavation (usu. archeological); dig
research study; investigative research
identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin)
fact-finding investigation; investigation into actual conditions; fact-finding survey
attitude survey; opinion poll
research organization; investigative body
tax inquiry; tax enquiry; tax investigation
research bureau; research service; research council
compulsory inspection; compulsory search
examination method; method of investigation; search procedure
examine (investigate into) a person's history
investigation (to determine the cause of something)
research investigation; research survey
preliminary investigation
assistant (to section manager)
Public Security Intelligence Agency
assistant chief of staff, g2
field research; field investigation; field survey
parliamentary investigation rights
spot check; snap inspection; surprise test
national census; door-to-door census
subsurface exploration (geotechnical investigation)
matters for investigation; matters to be examined; research agenda
check of someone's ability; test of someone's ability
fundamental investigation; basic research
investigative approach; research method; survey method
epidemiological investigation; epidemiological survey
social survey; social research
full-count survey; complete enumeration; census
tax system research commission; tax system research council; select committee on the taxation system; tax commission
career preference survey; survey of students' post-graduation plans
Internet Engineering Task Force; IETF
Internet Research Task Force; IRTF
Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Bank of Japan's quarterly economic survey); Tankan survey
Internet survey; online survey
cadastral survey; land survey
full-count survey; complete enumeration; census
Japan Society for Marine Surveys and Technology
Financial System Research Council; Financial System Research Committee; Committee on Financial Systems Research
Research Commission on the Constitution
Advertising Research Foundation; ARF
Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (pre-2019 name); JISC